The Chelsea F.C. Thread IV

Presumably, revenue is generated to be spent on players etc. The underlying point is that even Arsenal will have higher revenue than Chelsea in the foreseeable future, so in a FFP environment, Chelsea will not just be able to rely on RA's external financing to compete.

The only risk is him becoming more attached to Atletico the longer he stays there. I'm not worried though, I'm sure the board aren't incompetent enough to let him go knowing that he's one of the best youngsters in Europe right now.

We really need to step it up if we're going to sign top players this summer. Arsenal will get Higuain, he'll do a good job there, City already have Navas and Fernandinho, Liverpool whilst they haven't signed any top top players have been busy already, Madrid look like they're going to sign Isco, Barca have Neymar, United will get Thiago and it's only a matter of time before Bayern sign some players, but it's all gone quiet for us on the transfer front.

Schurrle?

We really need to step it up if we're going to sign top players this summer. Arsenal will get Higuain, he'll do a good job there, City already have Navas and Fernandinho, Liverpool whilst they haven't signed any top top players have been busy already, Madrid look like they're going to sign Isco, Barca have Neymar, United will get Thiago and it's only a matter of time before Bayern sign some players, but it's all gone quiet for us on the transfer front.

But who would you want us to sign? The squad is already pretty full unless we offload some players. If we're after a striker like Cavani one of Torres/Ba need to go. I think Mourinho is waiting to assess the squad in pre-season before deciding on who's deadwood.

For once, it might just be a quiet summer for us.

Our downfall last year was not having enough strikers, we need to keep as many as we can. Think about if say for example Lukaku started next season as first choice, then get's an injury that rules him out for months, we've got two more strikers available, then what if one of them get's injured? We're stuck with one striker for potentially months.

I also feel we need a new CDM regardless of whether Mikel leaves and a new CB as Terry is almost over the hill.

We really need to step it up if we're going to sign top players this summer. Arsenal will get Higuain, he'll do a good job there, City already have Navas and Fernandinho, Liverpool whilst they haven't signed any top top players have been busy already, Madrid look like they're going to sign Isco, Barca have Neymar, United will get Thiago and it's only a matter of time before Bayern sign some players, but it's all gone quiet for us on the transfer front.

We don't need a single player imo.

I'd like a second choice keeper

Delac. Apparently he's been in great form for inter.

Only really know him from FM which he's always rated highly.

Can't be worse than Turnbull....

Last season we had two strikers though, we'll have three this time and even Schurrle can play up front. I think we have an excess of attackers, so someone will need to go to make room for a new player.

DM: Luiz, Mikel, Romeu
CM: Lampard, Ramires, Essien, (possibly) KdB

Again, we can only play two out of those six/seven so there's still a competitive midfield. In defence I guess we are a bit short if we consider Luiz to be playing up field most of the time.

I think if we offload Torres and Mikel (although still think he's of use to us), we can make room for a top striker and midfielder. And if we can get a CB who can also provide cover at LB, would be a plus.